2007
is the 50th anniversary
of the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, by the
Soviet Union. 2007 is the
100th anniversary
of the alpha-particle scattering experiment devised by Ernest
Rutherford with Hans Geiger and E. Marsden that led in 1911 to the
discovery of the atomic nucleus. 2007 is the
200th anniversary of passenger railway service in England,
which began on 25 Mar 1807.
Image used with
permission from November 1999 American Heritage
magazine.
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